On Assignment: OnAssign_03_Train-Surfing_COLORS-Mag

Photo of the Brazilian youths who “surf” the tops of Rio de Janeiro’s electric commuter trains, which serve the world’s most dangerous slum, the Baixada Fluminense. Some 150 kids die each year in this deadly “sport.” (Miguel was going backwards atop the train at 50 mph, while trying to avoid the 3,300-volt wires just overhead).(for COLORS magazine)

Photo of the Brazilian youths who “surf” the tops of Rio de Janeiro’s electric commuter trains, which serve the world’s most dangerous slum, the Baixada Fluminense. Some 150 kids die each year in this deadly “sport.” (Miguel was going backwards atop the train at 50 mph, while trying to avoid the 3,300-volt wires just overhead). 

(for COLORS magazine)